Upgrading cracked windows 8 with media center key

Hi.
I want to try windows 8, so have downloaded a cracked copy.
But i seen this:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/21/3674706/windows-8-activation-key-pirates
and have got a key from them for the media center windows.
If i Upgrade the cracked copy i have using this method will it work, even if i don’t use KMS activation. Or is there a guide on KMS activation that I’m missing?
Thanks!
Answer #1
http://www.google.com?t=16309819&highlight=
KMS is the way to go you’ll need it for office 2013 anyway
Answer #2
Thanks
Answer #3
how do i setup my own kms server?
Answer #4
http://www.google.com?t=16309819&highlight=
In short install server 2012 standard (with gui) in Hyper-V or similar and set it to have a static ip address
extract the tokens using WinRAR or similar to C:\Windows\System32\spp\store (be careful there’s a data.dat that wont show up in explorer with the default settings hence using WinRAR to extract them)
reboot and your kms server itself is activated run the registry key provided in that thread to start the kms activation
use Activation Helper v1.5 x64.exe to “charge” the kms server (charge tab) run it on your kms server.
And that’s it you can now activate any enterprise version of windows, windows server or office from vista era onward.
Not essential but you can remove most of the gui by removeing the “server graphical shell” feature in server manager and then run Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object {$_.InstallState-eq “Available” }| Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Remove
in powershell to save some disk space
To activate any computer you can just set a startup script like this with your kms ip or fqdn replaceing 10.0.0.1
//activate windows then office
cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /skms 10.0.0.1:1688
cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato
$Office15X86 = (Get-Item “Env:ProgramFiles(x86)”).Value + “\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS”
$Office15X64 = (Get-Item “Env:ProgramFiles”).Value + “\Microsoft Office\Office15\OSPP.VBS”
$Office14X86 = (Get-Item “Env:ProgramFiles(x86)”).Value + “\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS”
$Office14X64 = (Get-Item “Env:ProgramFiles”).Value + “\Microsoft Office\Office14\OSPP.VBS”
if (Test-Path $Office15X64 ) {
cscript $Office15X64 /sethst:10.0.0.1
cscript $Office15X64 /act cscript $Office15X86 /remhst
}
if (Test-Path $Office15X86 ) {
cscript $Office15X86 /sethst:10.0.0.1
cscript $Office15X86 /act
cscript $Office15X86 /remhst
} if (Test-Path $Office14X64 ) {
cscript $Office14X64 /sethst:10.0.0.1
cscript $Office14X64 /act
cscript $Office14X64 /remhst
}
if (Test-Path $Office14X86 ) {
cscript $Office14X86 /sethst:10.0.0.1
cscript $Office14X86 /act
cscript $Office14X86 /remhst
}